Traditional media is still perceived as being more credible than citizen journalism, according to most young people surveyed in Singapore recently. The survey, conducted by Singapore Polytechnic students, revealed that 80 per cent of the 801 respondents ...
SINGAPORE - More local youths are getting engaged in the act of citizen journalism on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and video sharing sites, according to a recent survey. Eight-hundred-and-one youths took part in the survey conducted by ...
Singaporean youths are not just reading but compiling and sharing their own content online through citizen journalism. The younger they are, the higher the percentage, as at least 70 per cent of this group of 'active content providers' belong to ...
SINGAPORE: More local youths are getting engaged in the act of citizen journalism on social media sites ... not only getting updates from social media sites, but are also active content providers. A staggering 65.9 per cent of respondents ...
Sonya Rehman reports about the advent of Hosh Media, a new citizen journalism portal, which epitomizes the growing popularity of locally-based, online portals for citizen journalism in Pakistan. Written by Rezwan · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper
According to a Manhattan restauranteur, a camera-shy health inspector fired off a litany of violations as soon as he began documenting the inspection. Bill Koulmentas, the owner of George's diner in Tribeca, tells the Post that because he pulled out his iPhone to document a visit from a DOH inspector yesterday, the inspector became angry and wrote him up for 65 points worth of violations, and shuttered the restaurant for the first time since...
Dacre's press-card system would help newspaper journalists, but what about those outside traditional businesses?The Dacrecard might well be an effective way of rebuilding trust in newspaper journalists, but at the price of excluding the public from its rightful place in the democratic process.I can see how Paul Dacre's proposal to certify journalists would appeal as a cure-all for the ills of an industry distrusted by the British public.On the...
In the past week we've seen an uprising of angry people, mostly women, offended by the Susan G. Komen Foundation cutting off funding for breast cancer exams at Planned Parenthood clinics. It's just the latest example of how the global news conversation is in the hands of people, not just "the media." And it's what I had in mind over a dozen years ago when I talked about the rise of a new kind of people's journalism.
Seven years ago when we...
Many traditional journalists see "citizen journalism" as a negative thing, an untrustworthy source of information that diminishes their role as gatekeepers of the news -- but New York Times foreign correspondent and author Nick Kristof says that he sees the value of the phenomenon.
With the advent of Citizen Journalism, many media organisations like CNN-IBN, merinews.com, Times Now, NDTV and various print establishments jumped into the bandwagon. Citizens were empowered with ‘freedom of expression’ and ‘right to information ...
WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME! After having (and having friends who have had) their submissions to DIGG in particular "buried" by people with their own agenda, a site that lets citizen journalists post the NEWS without being edited, buried, deleted, or otherwise tampered with. After years of gritting my teeth as the "Mainstream" Media slants, distorts, amplifies or ignores news as they so choose, a News Site with NO editorial content control (unless the story is not factual). News generated by...Read Full Story
It's rare, but not unheard of, that I'll publish someone's Press Release. Every time I do, there's a reason for it. I am a HUGE fan of Neaju.com and what they are trying to accomplish. I plan a major post at a later date about how vital Citizen Journalism is in America today, and Neaju.com is the only TRUE Citizen Journalism site on the internet in that it imposes NO EDITORIAL CONTROL over ther stories/videos/photos submitted to it (beyond fact checking and banning pornography) A Member...Read Full Story
Those interested in the Citizen Journalism are aware of the success of the site OhMyNews out of South Korea, that is widely credited with influencing the outcome of South Korean presidential elections in 2002. Since we thought we had a "Free Press" in the United States, Blogging and Forums are big here.But in Frisco, Texas; Citizen Journalism complements of Neaju.com seems to be slowly catching on because of the major local elections being held on May 10, 2008. But recently, someone running...Read Full Story
We have written before about the efforts by Hamas’ representative in England to shut down the voice of Harry’s Place , this time a right wing extremist who is taking a stab at that same blog:
Harry’s place has this to say :
Harry’s Place may be removed (or rather have it’s DNS disabled) after a ‘complaint’ to the company that our domain name is registered with.
We assume after threats were made on the weekend that this ‘complaint’ originates from Jenna Delich or her supporters. Though...Read Full Story
The planned conservative Tea Party protests against Obama economic policies to be staged next week are proof-positive of the intellectual bankruptcy of the modern American conservative movement. Many commentators are claiming that the triumvirate policy foundations of the conservative movement - traditional social values, unregulated capitalist markets, and hawkish foreign policy - have been tried and found wanting in this modern world. Conservatives are in search of a new ideal, have...Read Full Story
Citizen journalism, also known as Participatory Journalism or Grassroots Journalism, is the act of everyday people collecting, reporting, analyzing, and spreading news and infoormation - usually via the Internet. This portal is a place to follow news about trends in Citizen Journalism, and also to share opinions and analysis.
Citizen journalism, also known as participatory journalism, is the act of citizens playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information ...
MarketingVOX - In Denmark, free daily newspaper Nyhedsavisen is merging citizen journalism with its traditional counterpart, writes Springwise. Bloggers and other citizen journalists have access to Av